Buying IT – DIR Contract Briefing

1. Buying IT – DIR Contract Briefing SHERRI PARKS Director Contracting & Procurement Services Division

2. ICT Cooperative Contracts • WHAT DO THEY DO? • Create savings for taxpayers by aggressively leveraging the state’s buying power to lower prices and obtain best value • Optimize the purchase of ICT commodities and services • Streamlines process for customers • Reduces duplicate efforts – all contracts competitively procured • Reduces purchasing and contract cycle time – issue P.O. directly to the DIR vendor • Simplifies the sales process for vendors • Include ICT commodity items as contracted product offerings • Hardware and software • Technology staffing services • Other ICT services with high customer demand (seat management, technology training, etc.) • Maintenance

3. ICT Cooperative Contracts - Statistics • 381 Cooperative Contracts • 266 Total Resellers • 121 HUB Prime Vendors • 121 HUB Resellers • 38% growth in the last 2 years (FY05-06) • Over $1 billion projected for FY08 • Customer Base • Market Segmentation Analysis • 53% Education • 23% Local Government • 24% State Agencies ICT Cooperative Contract Sales

4. Reg. 5 $34 M Reg. 2 $219 M Reg. 8 $21 M Reg. 7 $24 M Reg. 1 $200 M Reg. 6 $24 M Reg. 3 $392 M Reg. 4 $79 M Where Are DIR’s Customers Located? • REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FY07 SALES *Telecommunications Go DIRect sales of $73 M were distributed to regions via pro-rated percentage of sales.

5. Available Products • Computers – over 20 brands • Software – over 1000 publisher titles • Networking Equipment – over 100 brands • Printers – over 25 brands • Surveillance Cameras – over 60 brands - new product offering • Data Storage – over 20 brands • Digital Photography • Projectors • Security Products • Videoconferencing Equipment • Classroom Interactive Products – new product offering • Graphing Calculators

6. IT Staffing Services – over 170 vendors Training – Instructor Led and Computer Based Seat Management – 7 vendors Managed Document Output – 4 vendors Disaster Recovery Telecommunications Services including: Wireless Voice and Data Pagers Local Telephone Service Long Distance Internet Satellite Video Interpreter Services – over the phone Audio Conferencing Cable Modem and DSL Available Services

7. New Contract Offerings • Seat Management • Wireless Voice and Data • IT Staffing Services • Managed Document Output • Enterprise Architecture

8. Seat Management Highlights • Not to Exceeds Rates • Per seat pricing based on a standard configuration • Allows for an apples to apples comparison • Base Offering • Basic asset tracking • Break/Fix • Engagement unwind • Other Optional Services • Help desk • On-site and remote support • Network management • Software • Asset tracking • Training • Reporting • Service Level Agreements (SLAs) • Provides three levels of SLAs; Bronze, Silver and Gold • Allows for flexibility to meet individual agency needs • Competition • Customers should compete amongst the seven vendors • Pursue volume discounts

9. Seat Management Highlights • Awarded Vendors • Compucom • Dell • IBM • Lockheed Martin • Northrop Grumman • Unisys • Vintage

10. Seat Management DIRect Compare • GOAL • Provide an easy-to-use technology tool to allow DIR customers to select the best contracting options to suit unique business needs

11. Wireless Highlights • Six Contracts Awarded • Alltel • Cellular One • AT&T Mobility • Sprint • T-Mobile • Verizon • All Activation and Termination charges waived, includes early termination charges • Government Mandated Fees (Cost Recovery, Federal Universal Service Fund (FUSF), etc.) • Alltel, AT&T Mobility, Cellular One, T-Mobile waived all fees • Sprint and Verizon waived all fees except FUSF and E911 • Savings of over $1.2 Million over the life of the contracts • Quarterly Customer Satisfaction Scores

12. Staffing Services Highlights • Stimulated Competition • Initial solicitation – Established not to exceed rates • Individual work orders provide for further competition • Instituted a Performance-based Metric-driven Program • Quarterly assessments of vendor performance • Third quarter metrics just released • Vendor promotions and demotions based on quantitative and qualitative measures • Two consecutive quarters of an unsatisfactory rating result in a suspension of the vendor’s contract • Frequent Opportunities for New Vendors • Rebid conducted in December 2007 • Only new vendors needed to respond

13. Managed Document Output Services Highlights • Comprehensive method to identify and service imaging equipment • Equipment supported includes: • Printers • Copiers • Faxes • Scanners • Multifunction units • Services Include: • Technical Discovery • Asset tracking • Support services of leased or owned equipment • Help desk • Training • Installation • Move/Adds/Changes • Reporting • Consumables for equipment supported • Awarded Vendors • Hewlett Packard • Lexmark • Okidata • Xerox

14. Enterprise Architecture Highlights • Customer Focus Groups • Held in 2006 • Identified initial set of high priority functional areas • Defined guideline for individual functional areas, statewide interoperability and security best practices • Solicitation was based on functionality rather than Publisher • Contracts awarded only for products that meet these guidelines • Functional Index on DIR’s Website • Search by functionality rather than just by Publisher name • Operation in early FY08 • Awards are on-going • Awarded contracts to date Adjacent Technologies eBusiness 1 Planview Alfresco EIS Pronto Solutions Athens Consulting Gravitant RFD & Associates BIF Technologies Info Builders Serena BlueCat Networks Intersystems Symantec Brookhaven Solutions MicroStrategy Tokairo CDWG NetQoS Troux Technologies Compucom Orion Communications Unisys

15. Future Contracting Opportunities • CURRENT CONTRACTING INITIATIVES • Posted on DIR’s Web site (www.dir.state.tx.us/store/cci) to improve communications between DIR vendors and customers • Lists initiatives by procurement stage • Planning • RFO Postings: links directly to the posting on the ESBD • Evaluation • Negotiation • Recent Award • Each initiative has a brief description, expected phase completion date, and contact information

16. Current Contracting Initiatives - Planning

17. Current Contracting Initiatives - Planning Cont’d

18. Current Contracting Initiatives - Posting / Evaluation

19. Current Contracting Initiatives - Negotiations

20. Current Contracting Initiatives - Recent Awards

21. Legislative Update -Effective September 1, 2007 • HB 2918 • Repealed Catalog Information System Vendor (CISV) program • Directed the Comptroller’s Office to adopt rules for IT purchasing • Gave DIR the ability to enter into Multiple Award Schedules (TxMAS)

22. Legislative Update -Effective September 1, 2007 • HB 2918 • Repealed Catalog Information System Vendor (CISV) program • Customers may purchase IT Commodity items off of the DIR contracts by simply issuing a purchase order directly to the DIR contracted vendor. • If the item is not available on a DIR contract, purchases should be made in accordance with the purchasing methods established by the Comptrollers office. • Less confusion for the Vendor community • CISV Vendor vs. DIR Vendor • Separate website not required

23. Legislative Update -Effective September 1, 2007 • HB 2918 • Directed Comptroller’s Office to adopt rules for IT Purchasing • State Agencies purchase IT Commodity items off of the DIR contracts • If the class/item code is not available on a DIR contract, purchases should be made via other procurement methods authorized by statute • $0.00 - $5000 – May Spot Purchase • $5000.01 - $25,000 – Formal quotes from at least 3 vendors based on written specifications • $25,000.01 and above – Post formal bid on ESBD for at least 14 days • Established new RFO process – preferred method • IT Commodity Codes still marked with an asterisk on the CMBL- Automated Information System

24. Legislative Update -Effective September 1, 2007 • HB 2918 • Gave DIR the authority to enter into Multiple Award Schedules (TxMAS) • Transferred IT TxMAS, Schedule 70 contracts from TBPC to DIR • Conducted review of all 130 contracts transferred • Keeping approximately 10 contracts • Will be amended • Will be posted to the DIR website • Others were terminated In November 2007 • New contracts on case by case basis

25. DIR Website • THE DIR STORE • Provides searchable access to all Go DIRect contracts • Provides valuable information for specific customer groups • Describes the Go DIRect process in detail • Gives access to current contracting initiatives

26. Searchable by Products & Services

27. Searchable by Brand Name

28. Searchable by Vendor Name

29. Questions • Sherri Parks • Director • Contracting & Procurement Services • (512) 463-3580 • sherri.parks@dir.state.tx.us • www.dir.state.tx.us